The perfect answer for onside kicks is replacing them with a fourth-and-20 play for the offense
I do think the perfect answer for onside kicks is you should just have it a be a fourth and 20 play for offense. Yeah. Because everyone would love that.
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View episodeBanning the hip drop tackle is a massive mistake for the NFL
Banning that [swivel hip drop tackle] would be a massive, massive mistake. Mistake, mistake... It's such a subjective call because you have to have certain elements that are involved in the speed that the game's played at. You're gonna have referees that are like, 'I think that was a hip drop tackle. I'm not really sure.'
A big NFL game will be decided by a hip drop tackle penalty this year
The first reason in my mind is we have just added a rule that is going to be debated similar to can't land on the quarterback. There will be a big, big game decided by the hip drop. Because what is it, what's the penalty now? Is it 15 yards?
Banning the hip drop tackle makes tight ends even more valuable
I also think this now makes the tight end position even more valuable because a lot of the hip drop tackles are defensive back, smaller guys getting beat a little bit and trying to slow down a bigger guy with a hip drop tackle where he is trying to, you know, don't ride on top of him and let him get a couple extra yards. Try to stop his momentum and bring him backwards. I now that you can't do that, I think tight ends are gonna eat in the flats.
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